Add 2x + 5 and 4x - 7
Then you isolate the variable or “get rid of” the numbers that re stopping you from getting “x”.
By doing the inverse operation.
If you add ___ you subtract ____ it form itself
If you subtract ___ you add ____ To itself.
So you Cancel out by getting rid of the other numbers.
Same thing with multiplying and dividing.
If you multiply ____ you divide___ but don’t divide “x”
Only the integer.
If you divide _____ you multiply ____ it
5 lbs of apples x pounds of apples---------------------- = ----------------------------2 cups of sugar 4/3 cup of sugar Solve for x.
6v-5/8=7/8
6v=12/8
v=12/8÷6
v=.25
13 for 6.5
X for 0.5
0.5/6.5*13=1
1 ounce for 0.5 arce
